Background
Walløe, Lars was born on May 20, 1938 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Lars Dahl and Ingrid (Alfsen) Walløe.
Walløe, Lars was born on May 20, 1938 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Lars Dahl and Ingrid (Alfsen) Walløe.
Walløe studied medicine at the University of Oslo. And has also earned a doctorate in physical chemistry: In 1961, he was awarded a B.Sc. In 1965, he earned his M.Sc. and M.D. In 1968, the university conferred his Ph.D.
He was Head of Norwegian Delegation to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). And he was honored by the government of Japan for having "Contributed to the promotion of Japan’s policy in the field of fisheries." Walløe is Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Oslo where he has previously also been professor of applied statistics and cybernetics. He has also been part-time Research Director at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen, Norway.
He also was a part-time Professor at the Department of Arctic Biology at the University of Tromsø. His current research is in the field of cardiovascular control mechanisms in humans and in other large mammals, and he has developed non-invasive ultrasound instruments for such studies, but he has also published on neuronal nets, statistical methodology, historical demography, population biology, and reproductive epidemiology. Professor Walløe is the scientific adviser to the Norwegian Government on Marine mammals.
He has been President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Chairman of the Norwegian Population Panel, Director of the Norwegian research program on acid rain, Chairman of the Norwegian Research Board for Environment and Development, and Chairman of the Standing Committee for Life and Environmental Sciences of the European Science Foundation. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters.
Academia Europaea, President, 2008. Physiological Society (UK). Royal Statistical Society (UK).
American Physiological Society (US). American Statistical Association (US).
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters (chairman science class 1994-1996, president 1998-1904, Fridtjof Nansen award 1992), Physiological Society (United Kingdom), Royal Statistical Society (United Kingdom), American Statistical Association, others.
Married Britt-Ingjerd Nesheim, November 8, 1942. Children: Ingunn, Kaja.